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Thursday, 1 October 2015

Halfling Feast

Mike: When David and I heard the pitch for Halfling Feast
we both laughed out loud. It’s not often you get to play a game where the goal
is to eat and fart your way to victory.

In Halfling Feast each player
represents a champion Halfling eater. Your goal is to eat as many dishes
as possible by the end of the feast. Each Dish has a points value which is not
only important for the scoring points but it also tells you how much it fills
your belly.

David: Every time you eat a dish your belly spaces (which
starts at 0) raises by the number of points that card is worth. You cannot go
above 10 (unless you have played an action card that increases your belly
rating).

Mike: So
how do you make space in your belly? Well this is where David and I really fell
in love with this game. There are action cards like “Mighty Fart” and “Off to
the outhouse” that help reduce your belly spaces by 8 or 10 points.

If you don’t have one of these cards to
play you can release 2 belly spaces as one of the actions on your turn.

David: Yes some of the cards are very funny my favourite
card is “little trump” the Halfling on the picture looks like he has a bad
belly.

Mike: Ha yes that’s a good one.

David: There are a few options each turn. You can
eat a dish or release belly spaces. You can also take an action card, play an
action card or use your Halflings special skill.

Mike: These
options make you think and for a small filler game it has a nice amount of
depth to keep players engaged.

David: It’s such an easy game to play. Even though you
have a few choices you never get stuck. Our games have been very close. I also
prefer the plastic dials we got with the game as it makes it easier to track
score.

Mike: Yes those were special belly
space trackers we picked up at Dragondaze. I don’t think
they will be with the final game.

One thing we noticed and have slightly
changed to keep it interesting. Play continues in the game till all of the
dishes are eaten. The sum of the dishes cards are 108. So if David scores 55 I
know my score is 53. So when we play we know first past 54 points wins the game
and this can dull the climax of the game a little.

To combat this a small house rule we
have added was to randomly take 2 cards out and not reveal their points value.
This just helped add a bit more tension when scoring at the end.

In summary we have had great fun with
this game it’s nice and light. The recommended age is 10+
and this is due to the cards having a bit of text that would make it a bit
difficult for younger players. With a bit of help though there is no reason
this could be a great game for ages 7+.

We really enjoyed Triple Ace Games
other game Leagues of Adventure Rocket Race. So we were excited to see Halfling
Feast at Dragondaze. It hasn’t disappointed and gets a thumbs up from us.